MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES ------ GRADUATIONTHESIS STUDENT NAME: HOANG KIEU DIEM ID NUMBER: 18087691 CLASS CODE: 420300165602 COHORT: 2018-2022 SUPERVISOR NAME: NGUYEN THI THUY LOAN, M.A HCMC, 05/2021 MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES ------ GRADUATIONTHESIS STUDENT NAME: HOANG KIEU DIEM ID NUMBER: 18087691 CLASS CODE: 420300165602 COHORT: 2018-2022 SUPERVISOR NAME: NGUYEN THI THUY LOAN, M.A HCMC, 05/2021 MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES ------ Student Name: Hoang Kieu Diem ID Number: 18087691 Class Code: 420300165602 Cohort: 2018-2022 Supervivor Name: Nguyen Thi Thuy Loan, M.A Student’s declaration: I declare that this graduation report is entirely my own work and does not involve in plagiarism or collusion. It also has not been accepted as part of a submission to another purpose else where. I accept heavy penalty for any cheating or plagiarism. Date submitted: December 10th 2021 Signed: Word count: 8231 words AN ANALYSIS OF ADVANTAGES AND DISAVANTEGES OF LEARNING SPEAKING ONLINE THROUGH ROLE-PLAY ACTIVITIES AMONG ENGLISH-MAJORED SOPHOMORES AT FFL-IUH ABSTRACT At the present, online learning has been organized among courses of Industrial University in Ho Chi Minh City, especially in the Faculty of Foreign Languages.
Meanwhile, role play which is considered as an effective technique is applied by English-majored students in learning speaking online. It is vital to analyze different aspects of role-playing to give students a comprehensive understanding. This research focuses on the advantages and disadvantages of the role-play technique in learning speaking online among English-majored sophomores at FFL-IUH. Due to the influence of COVID quarantine, data collected from the online questionnaires with nearly two hundred second-year students (of FFL-IUH) have experienced role-play in the online speaking class.
The results indicate that the role-play technique is appropriate for all different levels of students whose speaking abilities are advanced in various aspects, however, its drawbacks (caused by objectivity and subjectivity) are sometimes faced by speakers. Therefore, the research also offers suggested solutions for students and teachers in using role-play activities more effectively. Keywords: Advantages and disadvantages of role-play, speaking skills, role-play. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT To have a successful thesis, I would like to thank the supporters who helped me to make this research possiblethe support.
Especially those who guided me to overcome all difficulties in this meaningful time so i have had such amazing moments of all my University life. First and foremost, I would like to express my deep gratitude to the School Board of Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City and the Faculty of Foreign Languages for creating many valuable opportunities to finish my thesis in the best. Secondly, I would like to give my warmest thanks to my supervivor, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuy Loan, who energetically directed and gave me a chance of doing a thesis.
Without her advice and aids, I can not complete successfully this report. Furthermore, I would like to thank my group member Vo Thi Kim Le, Nguyen Thi Thao Duyen, Phan Thi Nhu Phuong, who always supported me during the thesis process. Finally, I am grateful to all of the lovely students, who positively participated in the survey. In short, I really want to thank all the people who helped and supported me so that I can complete this thesis report.
This was a great memory. Table of Contents CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION .4 Scope of the study. 3 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW .Definition of key terms .Role-play technique .Result of previous studies .Advantage of role-play activities in learning speaking online.Limitations of role-playing in learning speaking online .Summary of previous studies. 11 CHAPTER III: RESEARCH DESIGN .Research methodology and research methods.
14 CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION. The general information of the second year English-majored students .2 The standpoint of 2nd year English-majored students toward role-play techniques. The general information about the second-year English-majored students at FFL-IUH. Students’ perspectives toward the benefits of role-play activities in learning speaking online.
The opinion of 2nd English-majored students of the role-play limitations in learning speaking online. 31 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION. Recommendation for the English-majored sophomores at FFL-IUH. Recommendation for the English teachers at FFL-IUH.
The limitation of the study. 38 Table of Figures Chart 4.1 The percentage of students who have learned speaking online .2 The figures of the frequency of students learning speaking online .3 The learning software which students tend to join in the online lessons.4 The frequency of practicing role-play technique among English-majored sophomores in the online speaking class .5 The percentage of students who enjoy learning speaking online by role-play techniques .6 The types of role-play techniques.7 The favorite topics in learning speaking online via role-play activities .8 The percent of students who agree that role-play activities can improve your speaking ability when learning online .9 The benefits of role-play activities in learning speaking online .10 The benefits of role-play activities in learning speaking online .11 The frequency of role-playing problems are faced by FFL sophomores.12 The limitations of role-play activities in learning speaking online .13 The limitations of role-play activities in learning speaking online .14 The figures of students who desire to continue joining in role-play activities in online speaking class .1 The type of role-play activities that students like most when learning speaking online 28 Table 4.2 The types of platform that students want to join in role-play activities when learning speaking online. 29 HOÀNG KIỀU DIỄM 18087691 CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION NGUYỄN THỊ THÚY LOAN, M. 1 HOÀNG KIỀU DIỄM 18087691 1.1 Rationale To acquire a new language, especially an international language - English, whose speaking skill is one of the hardest aspects for students because learners are obligated to combine appropriate vocabulary and grammar structures during the speaking process.
So what is the best method to gain speaking proficiency? It is said that learners need to practice as much as possible to be master the English language. In the traditional class, learners are hardly good at speaking rather than reading, writing, or listening skills because of a lack of speaking activities. And to resolve this drawback, the role-play technique, which offers attractive activities to help learners more actively involve in speaking skills by taking the role of someone. In reality, during the Covid 19 quarantine, it seems to be quite difficult for learners to sit in the traditional classroom and engage in lessons.
Online learning is considered as the best alternative learning method for learners who can keep on with their learning process without any discontinuations. And to produce one effective online speaking activity for learners, applying the role-play technique is an ideal way. Although role-play activities are quite popular in traditional classrooms, it is considered as a new technique in E-learning for some learners. Therefore, the study is conducted to investigate the benefits of online role-play as well as its limitations, which helps speakers understand more about it and resolve drawbacks that language speakers have faced.2 Research Objectives The purpose of this study is to focus on the advantages and disadvantages of role-play activities in learning speaking online among IUH English-majored sophomores.
Through analyzing the advantages of the online role-play activities, the research helps students to understand more about role-play and take benefits of this activity to develop their speaking skills. Furthermore, the study also points out the limitations of the role play that learners have faced during the online speaking lessons.3 Research Questions Through the study, two following research questions will be answered: 1. What are advantages of role-play activities in learning speaking online reported by FFL English-majored sophomores at IUH? NGUYỄN THỊ THÚY LOAN, M. 2 HOÀNG KIỀU DIỄM 18087691 2.
What disadvantages do FFL English-majored sophomores of IUH face in learning speaking online through role-play activities? 1.4 Scope of the study In this study, the Faculty of Foreign Languages at IUH is chosen as the main curriculum location for this research. Due to the COVID quarantine, the English-majored students are participating in the online classes, which is why the scope is completely suitable for the aim of this research. The scope of the study is to research nearly 200 English- majored sophomores at FFL-IUH who have experienced role-play activities in online speaking classes. Therefore, the study focalizes on the 2nd English-majored students (IUH) to confine the research period.
NGUYỄN THỊ THÚY LOAN, M. 3 HOÀNG KIỀU DIỄM 18087691 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW NGUYỄN THỊ THÚY LOAN, M. 4 HOÀNG KIỀU DIỄM 18087691 2.Definition of key terms 2.Speaking skills Among four basic skills of English, speaking skill is one of the most important and familiar with people in daily activities. According to Zyoud (2016), " speaking is a productive skill" (p.1) because it is to product conversations based on speakers' purposes.
Speaking is a standard for living, customers speak to buy food, and the sellers speak to ask for customers' needs, etc. Together with its importance, more and more researchers have deeply researched this key skill to give an oral definition of it. Anita Jati Laksana ( 2016) defined more clearly about speaking as a skill to give and get information from other communicators through expressing ideas, opinions, and feelings. From this definition, Laksana said that communicators can use appropriate words and sentences to exchange their meanings to each other during oral communication.
Contrary to writing skill, speaking skill will help receptionists to limit their misunderstanding about someone meaning, for instance, when someone desire to send a praise message to their friends, people who receive it may not ensure and feel exactly what you meant as well as direct expression. Furthermore, Chaney and Burk(1998) explained more clearly about speaking skills which is the exchange of meaning by using words or gestures. Their perspective is analyzed in two aspects including actions and feelings. Depending on each situation, aside from using the mouth to speak, language speakers also use body language such as gestures, eyes-contact, behaviors, and so on at the same time.
Speaking skills, in general, is a necessary and sufficient condition for human existence in life. According to Rao (2019) " speaking skill is the most important skill to acquire foreign or second language learning"(p. As a baby, mother language is seen as a new one, they will firstly practice speaking to communicate with their families before reading and writing. They mimic basic sounds and then say " ppaa ppb baa" until it's perfect.
For language beginners, teachers always say " listen and repeat", and learners mimic what she said. Speaking is the first signal in learning a new language, when speaking regularly, they can acquire knowledge, vocabulary, tongue,. and then build an automatic reflex in using language. Overall, speaking is an essential life skill, many researchers have found out the components of speaking skills.
The components of speaking skill NGUYỄN THỊ THÚY LOAN, M. 5 HOÀNG KIỀU DIỄM 18087691 Vanderkevent (1990) carried out that there are three components in speaking skills such as the speakers, the listeners, and the utterances. Speakers are people who express their thought through speeches. From that, listeners are people who receive or get the speaker's information.
The utterances are words or sentences, which spoken by the speakers. However, Vanderkevent's concept is not popular, readers find it difficult to understand speaking skills. Furthermore, Syakur(1999) confirmed that speaking skills is comprised of grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, fluency and comprehension. According to Wilcox(2004), grammar can be seen as "the rules and relationships through which we construct meaningful sounds, words, and sentences" (p.
Grammar is a base for speakers to conduct oral meaningful sentences which connect words correctly. Next, vocabulary is one of the important elements of speaking. Wamnebo et al.(2018) "Without having a sufficient vocabulary, one cannot communicate effectively or express their ideas both oral and written form" (p.